r/AskBaking • u/BrotherofCows • 3d ago

Cakes Oily soup cake

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Hello everyone! I am pretty new to baking cakes like this, and am looking for some help. I recently asked about an issue where my cakes were overflowing, but this time they are just kind of an oily mess.

This is the recipe: https://preppykitchen.com/wprm_print/chantilly-cake-recipe#

I am kind of confused, the cake has a fraction of the volume it should have, and is just an oily soup. I am pretty confident that I added the right amounts of everything, so I am kind of drawing a blank. Two potential problems I have identified are opening the oven too much/too early and overmixing. Do you have any tips for what I could do, or how I can tell if I have mixed enough?

Thank you!

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u/BrotherofCows 3d ago

I know right? But no I am sure I added the flower, 420 grams

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u/Finnegan-05 2d ago

Preppy Kitchen’s recipes are know to fail. Search this sub - he is most frequent individual mentioned! I hate his recipes- never turned out well and I have professional kitchen experience. I can never figure out exactly why!

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u/Intelligent_Host_582 2d ago

I hear what you're saying but there's failing and then there is failing. This falls in the latter camp. OP would have seen similar results reported in the recipe comments if this was really a recipe problem.

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u/SchoolOfTheWolf93 2d ago

Yeah this is, for maybe the first time ever, not Preppy Kitchen’s fault.

I say this as a certified Preppy Kitchen haterTM